Wrong-way vehicle sparks alarm on Highway 218 near Hills, Hills IA
TrafficNear Hills, Iowa, a vehicle was reported driving the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes on Highway 218, causing multiple calls before turning around at mile marker 85 and resuming correct travel.
Audio|Source: Linn County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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We have a vehicle northbound in the southbound lane.
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Northbound and the southbound lane at the English River to south of Riverside.
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We have a vehicle northbound in the southbound lane, 1753.
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All units, Washington and Johnson County, we have a vehicle northbound in the southbound lane.
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Northbound in the southbound lane from English River to south and Riverside.
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We have a vehicle northbound in the southbound lane.
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1753.
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Johnson County.
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This is a vehicle northbound in the southbound lane near Hills.
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Northbound in the southbound lane near Hills on Highway 218.
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It would be called northbound in the southbound lane near Hills on Highway 218.
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Johnson County.
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This is a northbound in the southbound lane near Hills.
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Northbound in the southbound lane near Hills on Highway 218.
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It was equal northbound in the southbound lane near Hills on Highway 218.
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One, fifty, two, Cedar Rapids.
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Mr. Forty-three, Washington County is receiving multiple calls of a vehicle driving northbound in the southbound lanes near Hills on 13th.
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Central Airhead.
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Number.
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Four-forty and a round also from Kirkwood area.
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Never.
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Washington County at the State Politics Fund.
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Jonathan County, Washington, Washington County traffic, or Cedar Rapid State?
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This is Cedar Rapid State.
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We have a couple to represent our route down that way.
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Did any callers provide a vehicle description and is anyone still receiving calls?
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Thompson County, Cedar Rapids State calls next one.
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Cedar Rapids State call, 6-1.
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Seater.
01:51
Are you guys taking calls on this wrong-way driver at all?
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Yeah, we've had about 10 calls for sugar.
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Happy, do you have any location by chance?
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The last information was at the county line, closer to Hills.
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It's really all we had.
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Summer.
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I wanted to use your odds.
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We were just advised that it turned around at mile marker 85 and is now going the other way.
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Time, did you get a vehicle description at all from your caller?
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It appears the vehicle turned around at mile marker 85 and is now heading southbound.
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We'll still check.
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Caller described the vehicle as an orange SUV or a minivan.
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Time, is that correct that the vehicle is now traveling the correct way or is it still going against traffic?
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It is now in the correct lane.
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Camera, thank you.
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US-218, Hills, IA
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